BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: FEW
A young boy is inspired to learn more about his family heritage when cooking with his grandmother and hears her use a secret language. Together with our young protagonist, learn how food, language, and culture are integrally tied together through the centuries.
Yes, it is another picture book about food (I can’t help myself!), but this one is about the Sephardic Jews that left Spain and Portugal in the 15th century who speak Ladino, which is a combination of Old Spanish and Hebrew. I liked learning about a culture and history that I was unfamiliar with, but most kids aren’t going to understand how it differs from Spanish because the Ladino words in the story sound very similar, even though they are spelled differently.
Kiera, ELA teacher, #bookswithbeddes
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